A non-profit organization, Toronto Clothing Repairathon, made its third visit to the farmers market on Sept. 30.

Participants could have up to two items of ripped or damaged clothes repaired for free. The volunteer tailors stitched together torn clothing, sewed patches over holes or frayed fabric and reattached buttons.

East York Observer is at the Wirthrow's Farmer's Market for the Repairathon. Bring your ripped or damaged clothes and they can fix them! pic.twitter.com/BXiKZxFoMT

Toronto Clothing Repairathon was founded by Michael Fagan in 2013. The second-ever repairathon was held at Withrow Park Farmers Market that year.

Fagan said he was inspired by repair cafes in Europe, where pop-up shops offer spaces for people to have a variety of items repaired.

“It seemed like a great idea and something that would be nice to bring here,” he said.

While repair cafes in Europe offer fixes for everything from kitchen appliances to computers, Fagan said he chose clothing repair because of the accessibility of equipment (needles and thread) and people with sewing skills.